It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people.

Death is the inventor of God.

Don't be afraid, the darkness you're in is no greater than the darkness inside your own body, they are two darknesses separated by a skin, I bet you've never thought of that, you carry a darkness about with you all the time and that doesn't frighten you...my dear chap, you have to learn to live with the darkness outside just as you learned to live with the darkness inside

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.

Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest.

A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.

The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.